Inadvertant horn

[OKREF]

Ok, here is an update to what happened. I know one of the officials who worked the game, and talked to him. This is actually what happened.

There was a loose ball that looked like it went out of bounds. It was saved. There were subs at the table, and the clock operator, stopped the clock, and sounded the horn when nobody had a whistle, when the horn sounded all 10 players stopped. The player with the ball who had been dribbling, stopped dribbling and picked up the ball. His coached yelled keep going, and he then dribbled again and went and shot a layup.

So, now we have a double dribble to contend with. The officials got together and determined since everyone quit playing, they were going back to the spot when the horn sounded and resuming from there.

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by OKREF

There was a loose ball that looked like it went out of bounds. It was saved. There were subs at the table, and the clock operator, stopped the clock, and sounded the horn when nobody had a whistle......

wow

[Nevadaref]

To BryanV21, those of us here will try to help with what we can.
Congrats to you on catching on with a crew.

Originally Posted by OKREF

Ok, here is an update to what happened. I know one of the officials who worked the game, and talked to him. This is actually what happened.

There was a loose ball that looked like it went out of bounds. It was saved. There were subs at the table, and the clock operator, stopped the clock, and sounded the horn when nobody had a whistle, when the horn sounded all 10 players stopped. The player with the ball who had been dribbling, stopped dribbling and picked up the ball. His coached yelled keep going, and he then dribbled again and went and shot a layup.

So, now we have a double dribble to contend with. The officials got together and determined since everyone quit playing, they were going back to the spot when the horn sounded and resuming from there.

Too bad. The crew decided not to stop play for an inadvertent horn. Ok, that's actually good. The kids stop and the ball handler ends his dribble. The crew should now have a whistle, consult with the table, and then resume at the POI.
Instead the crew allowed the player to have an illegal second dribble after which he scored. They failed to penalize this violation. It's now too late and is just a missed call. Yet now they stop play and decide to not only cancel the goal, but rewind to even prior to the illegal dribble!!! Yikes!

[JetMetFan]

What Nevada said. Now that we know the full story the crew really made a bad situation worse.

[BryanV21]

So if play continues as normal after the inadvertent horn we should ignore it and play on. But as soon as the inadvertent horn has an effect on the players in the game, such as when the player in this case picked up his/her dribble, then we should stop play and resume from POI.

Right?

[just another ref]

In reality, it usually happens like this. Horn sounds. There is a pause and at least some of the players are obviously distracted. Depending on what is happening at the time, often an official can yell "Play!" and the game continues without incident.